It’s the best way I’ve found to plant without a seed drill. I have another video called (Cows on new pasture) I move the cows to this field and you can see how good the grass grew. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Great instructional video! I just bought wooded land that I’ll be converting to pasture and this video answers several questions I had. An initial discing to get a good seed bed is important to get forage growing so your animals have something to eat. You could spend money to unroll hay and HOPE some hay seed gets trampled in but I prefer your method. It ensures your animals have a living plant to eat. I do agree that Greg Judy has great ideas with rotational grazing and no till but he started out with established pasture. A little tillage to get things going and then no till after that is the way to go. Plus, I bet discing/harrowing was cheaper than a no-till drill.
I just came across your channel today I've just recently purchased 14.5 acres and I'm trying to do the same type of thing. I look forward to learning from you. Thank you sir I really enjoyed this video .
Thank You for the video, I saw the whole video learned a few things I’m thinking about doing it on a smaller scale 3-5 acres my not have the money the tractor 🚜 guess I’ll have to figure something out.
Awesome your doing exactly what I’m doing to a T waiting on my drag spike now goinna re disc then seed first time glad I’m on the right track thank you. What’s in the mix you got I was thinking Bermuda bohemia perennial rye mix doing cattle first time this year
It works good. I don’t remember what was it in but it was fast growing which is what I was looking for to get a good root base going. I plan on rolling out hay on it this winter. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it. Good luck with your cattle.
I really enjoyed your video. I’ll be watching all your videos. Where are you located? I have a 15 acre farm in southern middle Tennessee. West of Fayetteville Tennessee. Just north of the Alabama state border.
It doesn’t take long they will hit it a few time and get shocked and then know to stay away from it. Even if it’s got no power they still won’t cross it. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
It was bulldozed. I’ve got around 4 acres on the back side of my land to clear mostly brush and small trees I’d like to get it mulched if it doesn’t cost too much. Thanks for watching!
Looks like you seeded this in the summer. I have always been told that grass seed can not dry out or it won't germinate. Did you just seed it, and leave it? How did it turn out?
@@essickfarms7585 Those of us who are a generation or two from actual farming/ranching may have rough idea of how things are done, but it's helpful to just be shown real world examples.
you can feed you cattle grass seed. and it will sprout in their manure. And they will not graze grass that is growing in their cow pattys for quite a long time. So the seed gets a good start and is fertilized. Disking or tearing up the soil only encourages wind and rain to erode away the organic material.
You seem to be a nice guy sadly you need to look into regenerative agriculture. Stop putting heavy equipment on you Land. It's ok to put out seed but feed hay on the land bring in your cattle and let them do the work. You will have a beautiful farm.
I actually have been planning a video about rolling out hay on a cow pasture to better the soil. I’ve been watching Greg Judy for a while now and found it very interesting and I do see the benefits in doing that, so I agree with you 100% .however in this video I was trying to explain the best way that I have found to plant grass in a new cow pasture now that I have grass established in this pasture I will start rolling out hay bales. Thank you for watching and thank you for your comment I really appreciate it.
The only cultivation a pasture needs is a subsoiler. that allows plant roots and water to premate the subsoil. ideally Hay needs to be fed back on the same land it was harvested from. Every ton of hay removed and fed elsewhere is a ton of organic matter lost.
Fertilizer would have worked, but I feel like if I use it one time I’ll have to keep using to keep the grass growing and I’d rather find ways to build up the soil to grow grass on its own. I will be putting lime out. Thanks for commenting I appreciate it.
@@essickfarms7585 Due to our heavy, deep clay soil fertilizing is a must, whether it is natural or chemical to get a fresh stand of grass, even with proper amount of rainfall, liming and soil prep Subsoiling or ripping a must unless you have a lot of rocks then core aeration every year due to compaction then fertilizing afterwards Third generation farmer on a 100 acre farm, with cattle up around a rotation of 40, we are able to keep grass green for 9 to 10 months per year depending on weather 11 months On our crops fertilizer natural or chemical at planting, we try natural if available, some of our residential neighbors might have an issue with the smell, however they love fresh vegetables and fruit
Rye ,clover, turnips and radishses during the grass dormant phase helps keep my goats and chickens eating through the winter here in alabama
That’s interesting. Thanks for watching!!
A chain harrow you will find much more suited to pasture work. Hope you keep growing and sharing !
That would definitely work better. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Thanks for making this video. I'm getting ready to turn an old pine tree farm into pasture and this was the info I was looking for
Glad it helped you, thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Very informative. I liked the way you showed and explained the whole process. Appreciate your video and your time.
That’s for watching. I appreciate it.
Great video - we are doing that same thing - clarity land and working to get grasses established - always helpful to se other doing the same!
Great info, thank you... Need to seed my pasture this fall.
Its the best way I’ve found to do it. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Great short video - straight to the point. Hi from Australia 🙋♂️
🙋♂️. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
That looks easy enough! We are buying a 4 acre farm and need to plant a 2 acre pasture for our new jersey calves to graze.
It’s the best way I’ve found to plant without a seed drill. I have another video called (Cows on new pasture) I move the cows to this field and you can see how good the grass grew. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Love those Jerseys !
Great instructional video! I just bought wooded land that I’ll be converting to pasture and this video answers several questions I had. An initial discing to get a good seed bed is important to get forage growing so your animals have something to eat. You could spend money to unroll hay and HOPE some hay seed gets trampled in but I prefer your method. It ensures your animals have a living plant to eat. I do agree that Greg Judy has great ideas with rotational grazing and no till but he started out with established pasture. A little tillage to get things going and then no till after that is the way to go. Plus, I bet discing/harrowing was cheaper than a no-till drill.
Iam glad this video helped you and Good luck with your land. Thank you for watching and commenting I really appreciate it.
Great video!
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Great video mate!
I just came across your channel today I've just recently purchased 14.5 acres and I'm trying to do the same type of thing. I look forward to learning from you. Thank you sir I really enjoyed this video .
That’s great !! What type of animals are you going to raise? Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
@@essickfarms7585 cows chickens pigs goats sheep
Thank You for the video, I saw the whole video learned a few things I’m thinking about doing it on a smaller scale 3-5 acres my not have the money the tractor 🚜 guess I’ll have to figure something out.
Glad it helped .Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Great video. New follower. We need to reseed several pastures ourself.
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Good job Young man!
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Good info!
Thank you!
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Awesome your doing exactly what I’m doing to a T waiting on my drag spike now goinna re disc then seed first time glad I’m on the right track thank you. What’s in the mix you got I was thinking Bermuda bohemia perennial rye mix doing cattle first time this year
It works good. I don’t remember what was it in but it was fast growing which is what I was looking for to get a good root base going. I plan on rolling out hay on it this winter. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it. Good luck with your cattle.
Thank you sir
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I really enjoyed your video. I’ll be watching all your videos. Where are you located? I have a 15 acre farm in southern middle Tennessee. West of Fayetteville Tennessee. Just north of the Alabama state border.
Thank you!! I appreciate you watching.and commenting.We are in the piedmont of North Carolina. What kind of farm do you have?
Great video,I how did you cows train on poly wire.
It doesn’t take long they will hit it a few time and get shocked and then know to stay away from it. Even if it’s got no power they still won’t cross it. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
nice! I need to do some reseeding. Your Deere looks a bit too clean, LOL. Did you just get it?
I’ve had it about 4 years it just happened to be clean that day 😁 thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
I logged a month ago. Did you forest mulch or bulldoze it clear and flat?
It was bulldozed. I’ve got around 4 acres on the back side of my land to clear mostly brush and small trees I’d like to get it mulched if it doesn’t cost too much. Thanks for watching!
Looks like you seeded this in the summer. I have always been told that grass seed can not dry out or it won't germinate. Did you just seed it, and leave it? How did it turn out?
I did a video about that field it’s called cows on new pasture the field turned out good . Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Thanks! i wondering how that was done.
Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
@@essickfarms7585 Those of us who are a generation or two from actual farming/ranching may have rough idea of how things are done, but it's helpful to just be shown real world examples.
you can feed you cattle grass seed. and it will sprout in their manure. And they will not graze grass that is growing in their cow pattys for quite a long time. So the seed gets a good start and is fertilized. Disking or tearing up the soil only encourages wind and rain to erode away the organic material.
I put the seed in at the fertilizer plant and just spread it on top with the fertilizer never till or plow that's what caused the dust bowl.
You seem to be a nice guy sadly you need to look into regenerative agriculture. Stop putting heavy equipment on you Land. It's ok to put out seed but feed hay on the land bring in your cattle and let them do the work. You will have a beautiful farm.
I actually have been planning a video about rolling out hay on a cow pasture to better the soil. I’ve been watching Greg Judy for a while now and found it very interesting and I do see the benefits in doing that, so I agree with you 100% .however in this video I was trying to explain the best way that I have found to plant grass in a new cow pasture now that I have grass established in this pasture I will start rolling out hay bales. Thank you for watching and thank you for your comment I really appreciate it.
The only cultivation a pasture needs is a subsoiler. that allows plant roots and water to premate the subsoil. ideally Hay needs to be fed back on the same land it was harvested from. Every ton of hay removed and fed elsewhere is a ton of organic matter lost.
What was the reason for not spreading fertilizer to help the seed to germinate?
Fertilizer would have worked, but I feel like if I use it one time I’ll have to keep using to keep the grass growing and I’d rather find ways to build up the soil to grow grass on its own. I will be putting lime out. Thanks for commenting I appreciate it.
@@essickfarms7585
Due to our heavy, deep clay soil fertilizing is a must, whether it is natural or chemical to get a fresh stand of grass, even with proper amount of rainfall, liming and soil prep
Subsoiling or ripping a must unless you have a lot of rocks then core aeration every year due to compaction then fertilizing afterwards
Third generation farmer on a 100 acre farm, with cattle up around a rotation of 40, we are able to keep grass green for 9 to 10 months per year depending on weather 11 months
On our crops fertilizer natural or chemical at planting, we try natural if available, some of our residential neighbors might have an issue with the smell, however they love fresh vegetables and fruit